![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 1946 Mercury Summer Theatre (part 1)
Welles and the Mercury revisit some favorite broadcasts from the 1930s and offer some new stories as well. Mercury Summer Theatre (CBS) director: Orson Welles music: Bernard Herrmann episodes: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, music by Cole Porter The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte A Passenger to Bali by Ellis St. Joseph The Search for Henri Le Fevre by Lucille Fletcher Life with Adam by Hugh Kemp The Moat Farm Murd...
Keywords: Orson Welles; Mercury Theatre; OTR
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| 1946 Mercury Summer Theatre (part 2)
Welles and the Mercury revisit some favorite broadcasts from the 1930s and offer some new stories as well. Mercury Summer Theatre (CBS) director: Orson Welles music: Bernard Herrmann episodes: Abednego the Slave by Orson Welles and John Tucker Battle I'm a Fool by Sherwood Anderson/The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Apple Tree by John Galsworthy King Lear by William Shakespeare part 1 is here: http://www.archive.org/details/1946MercurySummerTheatre
Keywords: Orson Welles; Mercury Theatre; OTR
Downloads: 9,865
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| 30 Minutes in Hollywood - George Jessel Show with Tommy Tucker & His Orchestra - BNRToast
30 Minutes in Hollywood Show George Jessel Show with Tommy Tucker & His Orchestra From AFRS recordings. Many vaudeville performers in the show.
Keywords: George Jessel; OTR; Tommy Tucker; Vaudeville
Downloads: 915
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| Ma Perkins #01 Misc 12 Eps
(12 Episodes - Misc) Produced by Frank & Anne Hummert and debuting on WLW-Cincinnati Radio August 14, 1933, "Ma Perkins" (or "Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins") would grow to be the longest running radio soap opera. On December 4th, 1933, Ma Perkins graduated to the NBC Red Network, where it was broadcast until 1949. In 1942, "Ma Perkins" was picked up by CBS radio, at which time it was broadcast on both NBC and CBS simultaneously...
Keywords: Old Time Radio. Ma Perkins; Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins; OTR Soap Opera
Downloads: 2,656
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| Ma Perkins #02 1950 - 52 Eps
(52 Episodes * 1950) "MA PERKINS" or "OXYDOL'S OWN MA PERKINS," so named after its original sponsor, Oxydol Laundry Detergent. Although Oxydol sponsored OXYDOL’S OWN MA PERKINS for a long time, there was an eventual parting of the ways. On Friday, November 30, 1956, the final broadcast took place under Oxydol sponsorship. The following Monday, the program was sponsored by the “Multi Sponsors” package...
Keywords: Old Time Radio; Ma Perkins; Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins; OTR Soap Opera; Oxydol Laundry Soap
Downloads: 2,586 |
| Ma Perkins #03 1951 - 45 Eps
(45 Episodes #03 1951) "MA PERKINS" (aka: "OXIDOL'S OWN MA PERKINS") was a daily 15 Minute Soap Opera (NBC & CBS), broadcast from 1933-1960. Page #03 of 3 pgs Ma Perkins 1 Misc 12 eps Ma Perkins 2 1950 52 eps Ma Perkins 3 1951 45 eps * def gp ddh
Keywords: Old Time Radio; Ma Perkins; Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins; OTR Soap Opera; Oxydol Laundry Detergent
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| Macabre
8 episodes complete set of macabre,horror,science fiction. Please add to old time radio section.
Keywords: macabre; horror; science fiction; old time radio
Downloads: 31,366
Average rating: (9 reviews) |
| Magic Island - Single Episodes - Old Time Radio Researchers Group
MAGIC ISLAND Magic Island was a syndicated serial that first aired sometime in 1936 and consisted of one hundred thirty 12-minute episodes. The storyline dealt with a wealthy woman and her search for her long lost daughter. She finds her on a man-made island that can submerge to avoid detection. The series was targeted for a juvenile audience and small children are the main focus of the story line...
Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Magic Island; Children's Series; Childrens Series; OTRR - 2006-11
Downloads: 73,403
Average rating: (4 reviews) |
| Magic Key
A few 1935 and 1936 episodes from the series The Magic Key... The files marked with _2 are the ones where I missed the announcement of the first number and went with the second one...
Keywords: old_time_radio
Downloads: 5,232
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| Magnificent Montague
One of the most underrated radio shows of all-time... Stars Monty Woolley
Keywords: old time radio; Monty Woolley
Downloads: 11,154
Average rating: (5 reviews) |
| Mail Call
Episodes of the old-time radio AFRS musical variety program "Mail Call".
Keywords: Old Time Radio; Mail Call; AFRS; Command Performance
Downloads: 18,613
Average rating: (2 reviews) |
| Mail Call Dinah Shore King ColeTrio Borah Minavich Darothy Lamor Art Tatum Jack Benny
Mail Call Dinah Shore King ColeTrio Borah Minavich Darothy Lamor Art Tatum Jack Benny AFRS 132
Keywords: OTR; BNRToast; Mail Call; Dinah Shore; King Cole Trio; Borah Minavich; Darothy Lamor; Art Tatum; Jack Benny
Downloads: 684 |
| Mail Call with Groucho Marx - Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx stars in this classic episode of Mail Call as heard on the Armed Forces Radio Network. Click here for the Groucho Marx Channel over at The Naked Gord Program for a bevy more of the great Jack Benny!
Keywords: Groucho Marx; OTR; Old Time Radio; comedy; Mp3; Free; download; Naked Gord Program; nakedgord.org
Downloads: 7,386 |
| mailcall
Calfkiller Old Time Radio Califkiller Old Time Radio Podcast.
Downloads: 418 |
| Mama Bloom's Brood - Old Time Radio Researchers Group
MAMA BLOOM'S BROOD This early series (circa 1934) combines elements of the soap opera with those of the situation comedy. The episodes are fifteen minutes long and serialized as well as having a domestic focus, tending to place the show in the soap opera genre. But the treatment of plot and character is light-hearted and humorous, similar to what is found in the myriad of sitcoms that sprang up during radio's golden age...
Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; Mama Bloom's Brood; Mama Blooms Brood; Serial; Soap Opera; Comedy; OTRR - 2007-11
Downloads: 1,799
Average rating:  (1 review) |
| Mama Bloom's Brood - Single Episodes - Old Time Radio Researchers Group
MAMA BLOOM'S BROOD This early series (circa 1934) combines elements of the soap opera with those of the situation comedy. The episodes are fifteen minutes long and serialized as well as having a domestic focus, tending to place the show in the soap opera genre. But the treatment of plot and character is light-hearted and humorous, similar to what is found in the myriad of sitcoms that sprang up during radio's golden age...
Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Mama Bloom's Brood; Mama Blooms Brood; Serial; Soap Opera; Comedy; OTRR - 2008-02
Downloads: 7,944
Average rating:  (3 reviews) |
| Man Called X 1951 06 22 Vienna
Mr. Thurson becomes involved in Cold War intrigue in Vienna when he learns of a family dispute over the control of a pro western newspaper, run by friends of his.
Keywords: Man Called X; Adventure; Mystery; OTR
Downloads: 38 |
| Man.In.The.Iron.Mask
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| Manhattan Playhouse
Episode of the old-time radio anthology series "Manhattan Playhouse". The show lasted for four episodes and was broadcast on the Mutual Network on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. in the New York City area. Two episodes of the show were also syndicated to the Los Angeles market in January 1949. The dates of the original broadcasts were 48/12/04, 48/12/11, 48/12/18, and 49/01/08. A television anthology series under the same name would later air from April to November 1951 on the NYC television station WABD...
Keywords: Old Time Radio; Manhattan Playhouse; Perfect Secretary
Downloads: 1,950 |
| Manhunt
8 episodes of "Manhunt"-crime drama.
Keywords: manhunt; old time radio
Downloads: 7,084 |
| Mark Trail
Kids adventure show about a forest ranger named Mark trail 6 episodes
Keywords: mark trail; old time radio
Downloads: 1,826 |
| Mark Trail-Page 2
10 episodes of Mark trail.
Keywords: mark trail; old time radio
Downloads: 1,137 |
| Mark Trail-Page 3
10 episodes of mark trail
Keywords: mark trail; old time radio
Downloads: 1,137 |
| Marmola Entertainers 1931
Marmola Entertainers Radio Show 1931
Keywords: OTR; 1930's; BNRToast; Marmola Entertainers
Downloads: 477
Average rating:  (1 review) |
| mars is heaven - flotser
mars is heaven (the dimension x episode) with a new soundtrack Intro: Ash Ra tempel - "Amboss" Airlock: Oleg Buloshkin - "Sakrament" Marswalk: Bass Communion - "Ghosts on Magnetic tape track V" Celebration: Eduard Artemiev - "Track 12" from the Solaris soundtrack Dinner: Klaus Schulze - "satz exil sils maria" Pillowtalk: Klaus Schulze - "Satz gewintter" & Bass Communion "track V" & sofia gubaidulina - "vivente" Climax: Klaus Schulze - "Satz gewintter" & Zoviet France - "Io"
Keywords: mars is heaven; bradbury; dimension x; mix; otr
Downloads: 1,763
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| Martin and Lewis_Old Time Radio
Martin and Lewis were an American comedy duo, comprising singer Dean Martin (as the "straight man") and comedian Jerry Lewis (as his stooge). The pair worked together in nightclubs, on radio and television, and film from 1946 until 1956.
Downloads: 67,802
Average rating: (4 reviews) |
| Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter 04 Eps
(04 Episodes) "Mary Foster, Editor's Daughter" Starring: Joan Banks, Parker Fennelly, and Mason Adams. Announcer: Ed Herlihy Sponsor: Kroger's Ice Tea (Kroger's Grocery Store Specialty Tea) Trials & tribulations of being daughter to the Editor of a large, very popular newspaper. Mary wore many hats during her work within the community and at home: Mother, daughter, business woman, writer, friend, foe, matchmaker, nursemaid, ......
Keywords: Old Time Radio; Mary Foster Editor's Daughter; OTR Soap Opera; Kroger's Ice Tea; Kroger's Grocery Store
Downloads: 800 |
| Mary Lee Taylor 35 Eps
(35 Episodes) "The Mary Lee Taylor Program" The longest running OTR cooking show, Mary Lee Taylor debuted on CBS Radio, November 7, 1933 with a final air date of October 9, 1954 on NBC Radio. The CBS episodes were generally about fifteen minutes long and devoted specifically to cooking tips & recipes. Prior to the move to NBC in 1948, Mary Lee Taylor had expanded to 30 minutes, and became part of the "NBC Saturday Morning Parade of Stars." This new version of the program, introduced informally b...
Keywords: Old Time Radio; Cooking Show; Mary Lee Taylor
Downloads: 1,519
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Mathew_Slade_Private_Investigator
A collection of detective shows that aired on AFRS, apparently under the name of Starlight Mystery Theater in the 1949 time frame.
Keywords: Mathew Slade; Detective; OTR; Old Time Radio; Radio; AFRS
Downloads: 22,277
Average rating: (4 reviews) |
| Matinee Theater - Old Time Radio Researchers Group
MATINEE THEATER Matinee Theater represented a serious attempt by CBS to provide quality dramatic programming for its Sunday afternoon listeners. A continuation of the series Dangerously Yours, it was renamed Matinee Theater with a view towards presenting "a greater range of stories". That broader scope was able to accommodate such episodes as "Beautiful Dreamer" (the Stephen Foster story) and "The Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning"...
Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; Matinee Theater; Matinee Theatre; Vicks Matinee Theater; Vicks Matinee Theatre; Dangerously Yours; OTRR - 2007-08
Downloads: 2,537 |
| Matinee Theater
Complete set of available episodes for the old-time radio series "Matinee Theater". Was originally "Dangerously Yours" (available separately). Lost Episodes: #11 - No Time for Love #16 - A Stable in Bethlehem, USA #20 - Night Bus
Keywords: Old Time Radio; Matinee Theater; Matinee Theatre; Dangerously Yours; Victor Jory
Downloads: 11,310 |
| Matinee Theater - Single Episodes - Old Time Radio Researchers Group
MATINEE THEATER Matinee Theater represented a serious attempt by CBS to provide quality dramatic programming for its Sunday afternoon listeners. A continuation of the series Dangerously Yours, it was renamed Matinee Theater with a view towards presenting "a greater range of stories". That broader scope was able to accommodate such episodes as "Beautiful Dreamer" (the Stephen Foster story) and "The Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning"...
Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Matinee Theater; Matinee Theatre; Vicks Matinee Theater; Vicks Matinee Theatre; Dangerously Yours; OTRR - 2007-08
Downloads: 8,596
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Matthew_Slade_P.I.
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| Mayor Of The Town
Life in a small town, featuring Lionel Barrymore and Agnes Moorehead. (1942 - 1949)
Keywords: mayor of the town; comedy drama; old time radio
Downloads: 6,844
Average rating: (3 reviews) |
| Mayor Of The Town Page 2
10 episodes of mayor of the town
Keywords: mayor of the town; comedy drama; old time radio
Downloads: 2,621 |
| Mayor Of The Town Page 3
3 episodes of mayor of the town
Keywords: mayor of the town; comedy drama; old time radio
Downloads: 1,465 |
| Mayor.of.the.Town
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| McGarry and his Mouse
McGarry and his Mouse Girls are Smarter McGarry and his Mouse Choir Boy
Keywords: OTR; BNRToast; McGarry and his Mouse
Downloads: 421 |
| Meet Corliss Archer 10 Eps
(10 Episodes) “Meet Corliss Archer” The first broadcasting of CBS's “Meet Corliss Archer” (with Campbell's Soup as their sponsor) was April 28, 1946. "Meet Corliss Archer" (CBS’s version of NBC’s popular teenage program, “A Date With Judy”) was yet another program created to entice the younger (teenage) generation to leave extra-curricular activities far behind and hang out, instead, around the family radio...
Keywords: Old Time Radio; OTR; OTR Sitcom; OTR Comedy; Meet Corliss Archer; Janet Waldo
Downloads: 1,934 |
| Meet Mr McNutley 06 Eps
(06 Episodes - 3 more un-playable not uploaded) "Meet Mr McNutley" Old Time Radio's 1953-1954, 30 minute situation comedy, "Meet Mr McNutley," premiered on CBS Radio, thursday Sep 17, 1953. This radio show lasted only one season; the final broadcast took place June 10, 1954. "Meet Mr. McNutley" did graduate to television, the TV version of which lasted one season longer than did its radio counterpart...
Keywords: Old Time Radio; OTR Sitcom; OTR Comedy; CBS; Radio; TV; Television
Downloads: 927 |
| Meet the Meeks
Keywords: old time radio
Downloads: 1,803 |
| Meet the Meeks 71 Eps
(71 Episodes) (Missing: Meeks 1948-05-29 #038 Home Sweet Home) "Meet the Meeks" was an 11 am, Saturday Morning, OTR Sitcom, originating from WMAQ Radio, Chicago (NBC 1947-1949). Meet the Meeks was a follow up sitcom for the 1940-1942 program "Meet Mr. Meek." This family sitcom played in the radio days, when families actually sat, and used their imaginations, together. The antics of Mortimer Meek, wife Agatha, daughter Peggy & Uncle Louie could not help but make you laugh out loud...
Keywords: Old Time Radio; Meet the Meeks; OTR Sitcom; Old Time Radio; Family Program; Forrest Lewis
Downloads: 2,361 |
| Meet_Corliss_Archer_Part 1
Six episodes of a fairly rare OTR program. Corliss is a Teenage girl with all the crisis' of a teenager. This may be classified as comedy or sit-com.
Keywords: Corliss Archer; Comedy; Sit-com; OTR; Old Time Radio
Downloads: 3,654
Average rating: (1 review) |
| Meet_Corliss_Archer_Part-2
Six episodes of a fairly rare OTR program. Corliss is a Teenage girl with all the crisis' of a teenager. This may be classified as comedy or sit-com.
Keywords: Corliss Archer; Comedy; Sit-com; OTR; Old Time Radio
Downloads: 2,584
Average rating: (3 reviews) |
| MeetCorlissArcher
OTR sitcom of the 1940s centering on the misadventures of teenaged Corliss Archer, portrayed by Janet Waldo
Keywords: OTR; Janet Waldo
Downloads: 816 |
| MeetCorlissArcher
Misadventures of teenager Corliss Archer
Keywords: OTR; Janet Waldo
Downloads: 575 |
| Melody Ranch - Old Time Radio Researchers Group
MELODY RANCH "Hard-riding, sweet-singing, cowboy picture star Gene Autry" was heard each Sunday evening on radios across America via CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. Gene's Melody Ranch radio show aired for an unprecedented 16 years (between 1940 and 1956), featuring songs, comedy and action filled drama. Throughout the run, the show's sponsor was cool, refreshing Doublemint Gum. OTRR Certification Information: Series Name: Melody Ranch Certification Status: OTRR Certified Accurate Certi...
Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; OTRR Certified Set; Melody Ranch; Gene Autry; Autry, Gene; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1937; 1940; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1956; OTRR - 2011-10
Downloads: 1,482 |
| Melody Ranch - Single Episodes - Old Time Radio Researchers Group
MELODY RANCH "Hard-riding, sweet-singing, cowboy picture star Gene Autry" was heard each Sunday evening on radios across America via CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. Gene's Melody Ranch radio show aired for an unprecedented 16 years (between 1940 and 1956), featuring songs, comedy and action filled drama. Throughout the run, the show's sponsor was cool, refreshing Doublemint Gum. OTRR Certification Information: Series Name: Melody Ranch Certification Status: OTRR Certified Accurate Certi...
Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Melody Ranch; Gene Autry; Autry; Gene; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1937; 1940; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1956; OTRR - 2011-10
Downloads: 7,486 |
| Melody Roundup AFRS
These shows were designed for the entertainment of servicemen and servicewomen overseas during the second world war and generally were not heard by audiences here in the United States. Guest hosts, such as Lum and Abner, Hopalong Cassidy (Bill Boyd), et. al, took song requests from soldiers and played their favorite records. Occasionally live bands took over musical performance duties.
Keywords: Old Time Radio; Melody Roundup; Lum and Abner; SONS OF THE PIONEERS; EZRA AND HIS BEVERLY HILLBILLIES; BILL BOYD AND ANDY CLYDE; ANDY DEVINE; SADDLE SERENADE TRIO; SHADY VALLEY FOLKS; SPADE COOLEY; KAY ALDRICH & COTTONSEED CLARK
Downloads: 8,698 |
| MGM Theater of the Air
Episodes of the old-time radio anthology series "MGM Theater of the Air".
Keywords: Old Time Radio; MGM Theater; MGM Theatre; MGM Theater of the Air
Downloads: 6,769 |
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